The Luminaria medal is awarded to individuals in our community who have helped light the path to compassionate patient care through their significant contributions to Home Care and other health care programs.

South Shore Visiting Nurse Association (SSVNA)

As the region’s oldest hospital-based home care agency, South Shore Visiting Nurse Association (SSVNA) has been bringing quality, compassionate skilled care to South Shore communities since 1911. A program of South Shore Hospital, we are one of the state’s largest providers of Medicare-certified home health care.

South Shore VNA has been named to the “2012 Home Care Elite Top 500” based on an independent review of our agency’s patient satisfaction, quality metrics, and operational performance. Our VNA now ranks among the top half-percent of 10,000 home care agencies reviewed by Outcome Concepts Systems (OCS), a leading post-acute health information company.

Our multidisciplinary team works together to identify your specific needs and then develops a customized treatment plan to meet those needs. We are able to provide a wide range of services in the comfort of your own home. Sophisticated services once requiring a hospital stay can now be performed successfully, safely, and conveniently in your home, utilizing all the latest home care methods and technologies.